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Online Shopping Statistics Thinking of starting your own e-commerce website? There has never been a better time as these statictics show. Eighty-one percent of shoppers research their product online before purchasing. Sixty percent begin their search for their products using a search engine 61 percent will read product reviews before making any purchase. On average, an online shopper will visit 3 websites before making their purchase. Retail Sales from shopping online predicted to grow to $370 billion in 2017 In 2013 57% of Irish Internet users shopped online. This figure has increased steadily since then. 71% of online shoppers believeRead More

IEDR results show registration and profit increases in 2013 – Volume registration growth almost 18%, Members’ Funds up 7.7% to €3.9m, 5.8% increase in operating profit – The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the not-for-profit public organisation that manages Ireland’s top level Internet domain, .ie, today reported a positive trading performance for 2013. Its annual results showed total volume growth of 17.6% in new .ie domain registrations, a 5.8% increase in profit after tax to almost €300,000 and an 8.3% increase in Members’ Funds to €3.9 million, leaving IEDR on solid financial footing at year end. This position will allow IEDRRead More

What We Searched for in 2012 Current Irish Internet usage Irish Internet usage has grown steadily over the years. As of 2010 a survey by the International Telecommunication Union stated that Ireland had 3,229,108 people (68.9% of the population) subscribing to the Internet. This has undoubtedly grown since then with more and more people accessing the Internet via smart phones and other mobile devices such as iphone, ipad and android devices. Despite this, Irish businesses have been slow to cash in on this huge customer base with only 66% of Irish businesses having a website and only 21% having e-commerceRead More